Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-28
All nature is wearing of the


notify Rev. Ashley at Sisseton
Agency.
oh say do yon want q good
harness? If you do call on o. p.
Vessel.
The amount Of freight Of all
kinds received in Webster, is simply
enormous.
We are glad to know that Fri
days furry of snow did not hurt
our orange crop.
Canning & Bones are now be-
ginning to receive the lumber for
the new yard which they propose es-
tablishing in u city.
Mrs. Stone has sold out her
millinery establishment to Mrs. Pot
ter. Mrs. s. proposes to live on
her farm south of this city.
oh, say, don't you think we
ought to have an artesian well in
Webster. We merely wanted to
call your attention to the fact.
Our malitIa company is now
fully organized, with 4. Hunting
ton, Captain; N. j. Jensen, LIST
Lieut., and Charley Denny2d Lieut..
"A plentiful use Of paint helps
the appearance of things wonder
fully; and when you clean out the
! cellar, thoroughly disinfect it.
The stone is on the ground for
a new hotel which q. S. Maynard is
erecting at Waubay-that burg is
right on the boom this year.
"A Chicago artist has painted a
picture of hell. 1t ought to be as
natural as demonstrating the
place from which it comes.
The cheerful tone that prevails
among the farmers of this section,
is one of the most encouraging
signs of the times.
We call the attention of the
Board of Health to the fact that
the of dead animals in the
vicinity of the town should be i'm
mediately buried.
1T is foolish to allow a black
guard to make you angry by any
thing he says. A good motto is,
ga gentlemen will not insult me,
and no other can"
The ''Brlghter side of Florida
in this issue is recommended to the
pcrusal of our readers. 1t needs no
comment from US, the eommanIca-
ton speaks for ITSELF.
After long and tedious confine
ment with q sprained ankle, Mrs.
Lewis is again able to be around
Her host of friends gave her a warm
welcome to the outer world.
The Webster Alliance will meet
at the Court House II Webster May
9TH. Every member who fails to be
present will surely regret it. Paste
this notice in your hat.
Thos. Douglas, Secretary,
Considering tie changes that
have taken pace in the
weather in the past week, We
have become firmly persuaded that
eternal spring can only be found
in a rubber factory.
Mr.. A. II. Ruggles was in town
Tuesday paying his brother Z. r. a
visit. A. Ii. has just returned from
the east, and like every one who
visits us, thinks Webster is u dandy
from way back.
The New England Supper Civ
en- by the ladies of the NJ. E. Church
at Masonic Hall, Friday night, was
elegant and toothsome, and we are
glad to know. Melted them lots of
half sheckles.
Correspondents from Central
Point and wheatland this week were
mislaid and can not be found, We
regret this, and hope u correspon-
dents will not feel discouraged in
consequence.
Mrs, Chapman has her new mile
linery store now running in good
shape, with a large stock of every
thing in that line. Call in ladies and
take a look at the numerous novel
ties she has to display.
e. II. Thompson, one of the
live business men Of Waubsy, was
in town last Thursday and made
this office a pleasant eall-of course
he invested in the exponent OF vi
tsl piety, being q man of excellent
taste and good judgment:
Webster now has four lumber
yards in full blast, the new irmsar e
Boqes& Canning and Nelson &Nesset
if yon can't find what you want i'll.
the line Of building material and at
prices to suit you III Webster, o
it will be funny.
A theatrical exchange says there
are only thirty stars in this coun-
try, but a gentleman who sat down
IN front of the past-ofhce last Sat
urday, says he saw a million. The
question now arises, why this dis
crepency.
"A young lady sends us a poem
entitled, 81 can not make him
SMILE" Show him the poem, my
dear young lady, show him the po-
EN-, and If that don't make him
smoker right out he is wholly incor-
rigible.
Mrs. Potter and Miss Sheldon,
successors to Mrs. Stone, have re-
fitted their business room and great
ly added to their stock of millinery
goods. They invite all to come to
the old stand of Mrs. Stone when
desiring to purchase anything in
the millinery line.
The poet says that "man wants
but little here below" but inyesti-
cation shows that the '1ittle" men,
toned is apt to include the whole
earth, hence the conclusion is inev-
table that the poet was laboring
under an ~inexcusable delusien,
On March 10th, Mr.. and Mrs
John Ray, of Liberty township. had
occasion to rejoice over the advent
of a IS pound boy. The Reporter
adds its congratulations, and hopes
the little stranger may prove n lus-